dinsdag 12 mei 2015

Hide and seek

This old building in the Amsterdam Zoo" Artis" used to house monkeys in earlier times but has been turned into a tropical habitat for small animals.

When walking around the place we didn't see any animals at all, until a nice lady who worked there pointed us at all kind of silent not moving little critters. We had to look up and saw these bats hanging.

These iguanas were hardly visible with their green colours

And what to think about this mini monkey as big as your hand.

High up against the ceiling were two other little monkeys and one behind them. They were all champions in hiding!

Such cute little creatures! I have always been fascinated by bats. Before I retired, I would occasionally see one or two tiny bats hanging around in the old building where I worked. They never bothered us, so we didn't bother them!

Dearest Marianne,Glad somebody pointed them out to you as indeed, they know about camouflage and to hide from the human eye, or from any predator.Lovely room and what a long time ago since I was at Artis...Hugs,Mariette